First on the agenda for the birthday was to meet Grandma at the mall.  She took Alice to Build a Bear.  Despite our trying to talk her out of it, Alice chose a bright pink bear.  She dressed her in a pink Sleeping Beauty dress with pink slippers.  The bear was named "Princess Pink".  All the pink made me a little sick.  Alice, however, was pleased as punch carrying her Build a Bear box around the mall.

 

Wow--I decided I don't like planning birthday parties.  This year is the first time that we have actually made an effort to have some sort of a party.  However, it was still pretty low-key.  We wanted to go to Cottage Lake Park to let the kids run, but it turned out to be soggy.  So, we asked Grandma and Grandpa if we could have it at their house because ours is just too small.  They agreed.  Weldon and Donya brought Hadley and Kemper.  Brett brought Will over for the party too.  So, there were a lot more adults than kids.  Alice wanted nothing more for her birthday than a Spongebob cake.  So, after weighing my options, I decided to put for the effort and attempt to make it myself.  You can see from the picture that is was the job of an amateur.  I have never decorated a cake, so it was an interesting experience.  In fact, I think I might like to improve my skills if it wasn't so time consuming and wasn't so hard to clean up.  We ate pizza and fruit from Costco so it was pretty easy in that department.  Alice loved all of her presents and had a great time.  She is even getting better at remembering to hold up three fingers instead of two when asked how old she is.